[69:35]

Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

[69:36]

Nor any food save filth

[69:37]

Which none but sinners eat.

[69:38]

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

[69:39]

And all that ye see not

[69:40]

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

[69:41]

It is not poet’s speech - little is it that ye believe!

[69:42]

Nor diviner’s speech - little is it that ye remember!

[69:43]

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

[69:44]

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

[69:45]

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

[69:46]

And then severed his life-artery,

[69:47]

And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

[69:48]

And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

[69:49]

And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

[69:50]

And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

[69:51]

And lo! it is absolute truth.

[69:52]

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

The Ascending Stairways

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[70:1]

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

[70:2]

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

[70:3]

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

[70:4]

(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

[70:5]

But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

[70:6]

Lo! they behold it afar off

[70:7]

While we behold it nigh:

[70:8]

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

[70:9]

And the hills become as flakes of wool,

[70:10]

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend